Gas generator and burner.



C. SICKERT.

GAS GENERATOR AND BURNER.

APPLlcATloN FILED luNzzI. |916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

Application led .Tune 27, 1916. Serial No. 106,137.

To ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES SIGKERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas Generators and Burners, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of this invention is the production of a simple and efficient device for generating gas as distinguished from vapor, from kerosene, and utilizing the gas generated for furnishing the heat to gasify the kerosene, to start the burner, and for such other purposes as may be desired, the burner which generates the gas acting as a heater which may be used in stoves, furnaces or elsewhere.

In order to more fully describe my invention, reference will be had to the accompanyinfr drawings wherein:

2Figure 1, represents in side elevation a two-unit apparatus embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a top plan view thereof, showing the connection to the storage tank, and, Fig. 3, an enlarged section on line 3"3 Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawings 1 and 2, represent two burner units mounted upon a gas settling tank 3, which latter is connected through pipe 4, and valve 4, to a gas storage tank 5, later more particularly described. Each of the burner units comprises, among other parts, a casting 6, having a central opening 7 passing vertically through it, a chamber 8 surrounding said opening, and an annular iiange 9 forming a baffle. Chamber 8 constitutes the superheating chamber, as will presently more fully appear, and is in communication through pipe 1() with the interior of the settling tank 3, said pipe also constituting a support for the generator. Casting 6 has an annular stepped shoulder 11 upon which rests a perforated thin metal ring 12, and resting upon the top of this ring is a removable cast iron cap 13, said ring and cap forming a chamber inclosing the top of casting 6.

Each burner is provided with a pipe coil 14 surrounding the burner ring 12 and lying in the annular space formed by the balie ange 9. This pipe is in communication at one end with chamber 8 through elbow 15. The other end of pipe 14 is communicated with a source of kerosene under pressure, and is provided with a valve 16 for controlling the How of the kerosene to the coil. Directly below the opening 7 is located a nozzle 17 which is in communication through av valve 18 with the settling tank 3. This valve has an elongated operating stem 19 which extends far enough to one side of the burner to be readily accessible. Rods 20 assist the pipe 10 in supporting casting 6. y

The operation is as follows: If the burner has never before been used, the initial heat to start gasi'fying the oil in pipe 14 may be supplied from some exterior source, for example, as from a pan of alcohol placed under the casting 6, or it may be supplied :from the storage tank 5 previously charged :for this purpose. Assuming that the burner is started from gas in the tank 5, the first operation is to open valves 4 and 18 and permit gas to issue from nozzle 17, whence it passes through chamber covered by cap 13, thence through the perforations in ring 12, where it is lighted and burns. Valve 16 is then opened to deliver the kerosene to the pipe coil 14. The flame from the burner will impinge on the pipe coil thus heating it to such a degree as to gasify the oil and vapor in the coil. This gas then passes into the superheating chamber 8 when it is further heated and passes thence to the settling tank 3 through pipe 10. The primary purpose ol this tank is to allow for the settling of any foreign matter which may have been brought through pipe coil 14, thus preventing the stoppage of the jet nozzle 17. The surplus gas from the tank 3 is conveyed to the storage tank 5 from which it may be used for illumination or other purposes.

The battle 9 delects the flame and heat from the burner back upon the pipe coil which is subjected thereby to intense heat. As a matter of fact, the whole casting 6 becomes very highly heated and the arrangement is such that this generator really generates gas as distinguished from vapor; that is, gas which may be stored for a considerable length of time without condensing or returning to the liquid state. Again, the gas generated by my burner being capable of retention for long periods in the tank 5, may at any time be used for starting the generator, thus avoiding the necessity of having to use some extraneous heating medium, as is the common practice.

This device will actually convert coal oil or kerosene into gas which may be stored for long periods, land thisI isrnot poseibleY With other gas burners and generators of Y. this general type,V as far as I ain avvare.'V

While I have Vshown and described oneY speciio embodiment ofiny invention, it will be understood that Vthe Vsaine may be modi-V fied Withoutideparting from the spiritV thereof.

" What I'olaini'is: Y Y Y l l. A gas generator andV burner, compris'- ing-a casing having'a central vertical opeii- Y ingV passing through it,Y and a superheating l ehamber'surrounding said opening, Yan an-y nii-lar perforated ring surrounding said oas-` ing, a cap'ftting over said ring,V a pipe Coily aroundV saidvoasing exterior to said per-V forated ring`, and openingrinto said superheating Chamber, an annular. baiie on theV opposite sideof said Ycoil from 'said casing, a nozzle'arrangedrto direct Va )et of gas into the central passagethrough said casing,

Ying into the s uperheating chamber thereof,

anY annular balile on the opposite side o'said coil from said Casing, a gas receiver, a pipe leadingVV from said Vsuperheatiiig VVchamber to Y said receiver', a gas nozzle arranged to deg liver gas pastfthe exterior ofisaid'oasing to Said burner, and means to deliver'gas from said Yreceiver to'said nozzle.

,3.Y A'V gas generatorVV andV burner, Y compris'- ing a. Casing forming aY superheating chamber, a'pipe coil around said oasingandAVV opening into Y the Veupi-irl'ieating chamberVV thereof, arburner between said casingfandVV said coil, an annularvbaile on the opposite side ofV Vsaid ooilfroni said easing, apipe. leading from Said superheating chainbenaVV gas nozzle arranged to deliver gas past the Yexterior of said easing to Said burner, andVV Y Y ineans tol deliver'gas from said pipe lead-v ing from the superheating chamber to said nozzle. .Y Y

ln testimony whereof I afXriny Signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES sioiinnfr. 1

Vitnesses:

E. G. llLiReHALL,` FRANCIS'S. MAGUiRn.

Y Copies of thisipatent may be obtained foir've-cenrts each, by addressing the Coimnisrsoneivo Patents,V

Washington, D. C. 

